Am I going to requalify for SSI w/ schizoaffective bipolar type I upcoming Continuing Disability Review?
I already received SSD/SSDI/SSI for almost 3 years and wanted to know if I will re-qualify for it since my mental illness gets worse when I am under stress for example, after working 2-4 hours a day I came home and took my medications, but I couldn’t go to sleep until after 3am and came home very irritated and angry/hostile without being able to sleep until 3am-4am and I think this is because stress reduces the effect of my medications.
I was qualified for SSD/SSDI/SSI 3 years ago because I was irritated/hostile, homicidal, suicidal and couldn’t sleep more than 2 hours a day and had some paranoia and I still do but not as severe as before, and another reason because the Military Army Reserve said that they had to discharge me (unfit to be in the military anymore) due to my mental illness so I wasn’t able to deploy to Kuwait.
I tried going back to the military and was denied because they said I take medications. It seems the medications work well only when I have no stress.
GUYS, this is bologni, the social security already told me they will review my case every 3 years to make sure that I’m still disabled.
What the heck is all this about if they know that my mental illness is permanent. I already tried working part-time 3-4 hours a day and I couldn’t keep up anymore because I came out very irritated and a little bit hostile and extremely angry for no reason. This are the main symptoms of my schizoaffective bipolar type I
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Unless you are not receiving SSI/SSDI anymore , you may not qualify without the hassle, but if you still get it you do not have to do anymore paperwork, they don’t check you once you get it They are a lifetime paycheck (to-say) and if you can’t work due to stress there are other sources you can go to to help with your income, but no you don’t have to re-qualify if you already get it
When you go to the appointment, tell them everything you have said here. The main thing is that they need to understand why you cannot work to support yourself. Explain ALL your symptoms and how they interfere with your daily life and your ability to work. Be honest…VERY honest, even if you feel embarrassed or frustrating explaining it all. Good luck.
Don’t sweat it, if your symptoms are still bad, you aren’t going to lose your social security unless you don’t get your paperwork in (OK, there can be bueurocratic errors, but that doesn’t happen very often). I’m bipolar, been getting disability since 1995, and been reviewed 2 or 3 times, no problem. Stress makes me worse too, a LOT worse, and it’s so weird!! I can be going along just fine, then something frustrates me a little bit, and wham!! I’m totally losing it and ready to kill myself. They know at social security that people with mental illnesses may do well in a sheltered/low-stress enviroment, and then relapse big time if they are stressed again. You should be fine, just do the paperwork honestly and get your doc to send in his/her paperwork, plus get a friend/family member to fill in their questionairre.
also get this book if you are still worrying – nolo press guide to social security disability. You can get it online, but your local library may have it. This book is really good. It tells you that social security has to show that you got significantly better in order to cancel benefits. They aren’t going to be jerks like a private insurer would be. And make no mistake – your diagnosis is a serious one, probably the majority of people with that diagnosis are unable to work (not a lot of studies on that, but looks like 1/3 of bipolars hold down a job)
Also, I have, in practice, only been reviewed every 5 years so far, even though they said every 3. I think the reasoning there is that maybe a breakthrough treatment will come through and people with our condition will get better. Not likely, but that’s the thinking. And some people with serious psychiatric disorders do recover to a large extent.
Good luck!!